West Indies cricketing legend Michael Holding has called the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as “dysfunctional” and “untrustworthy” and has further stated that the game would deteriorate if changes are not made.
“As for the state of West Indies cricket, that will only get worse as long as this current crop of board members remains there and the structure and culture remains the same,” Holding said on Wednesday.
“You cannot have a healthy, productive, employee workforce while the employer is dysfunctional, untrustworthy and not liked by the employees.”
In the past, there have instances where the players did not agree with the management’s working styles. The most recent one was when the West Indies team abandoned a tour of India, which lead the WICB incurring a $42-million-dollar lawsuit on itself by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
This rebuke by Michael Holding towards the Dave Cameron-led WICB comes amid reports of defiance at the Board’s quarterly meeting in St. Lucia on Saturday.
Adding to their woes, the Caribbean team recently suffered an embarrassing loss to Australia by an innings and 212 runs inside three days of the opening Test.